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CON^TITGTION ANb BY-LA W5 

OF THE 

'^ National Interscholastic 
Amateur Athletic Assoqation 

OF TH 

UNITED STATES. 



OFFICERS. ^^WA^^^ ^SP 1 



Prcsiiient. 
C. G. McDAVITT, N. Y. I. S. A. A., 6^2 Fifth Avenue, New York City. 

Vice-President. 

H. I. PRATT, L. I. I. S. A. A., 232 Clinton Avenue, Brooklyn. 

Secretary. 
H. N. DUNBAR, N. E. I. S. A. A., 552 Shawmut Avenue, Boston, Mass. 

Treasurer. 
(). E. MICHAELIS, M. I. S. A. A., 123 Oxford Street, Cambridge, Mass. 

EXE cur I VE COM MI J TEE. 

C. G. McDAVITT, 

H. I. PRATT, H. N. DUNBAR. O. E. MICHAELIS 

G. P. SMITH, 143 Crescent Ave., Plainfield, N. J. 



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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1896, 

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(Eonatitution. 



ARTICLE I. 

This organization shall be known as the National Inter- 

scHOLASTic Amateur Athletic Association of the United 

States. 

ARTICLE II. 

The object of this association shall be io foster and promote 
physical exercise among the public, private and preparatory 
schools of the United States. 

ARTICLE III. 

Any interscholastic amateur athletic association, league or 

club composed of at least two schools shall be eligible to 

membership. 

ARTICLE IV. 

The management of this association shall be entrusted to the 
Executive Committee, consisting of four meuibcrs and the 
President, ex-officio, who shall be elected for a term of one 
year, and no league, association or club shall have more than 
one representative on the Executive Committee. Vacancies oc- 
curring in the membership of the Executive Committee, arising 
from any cause whatever, shall be filled by the league, associa- 
tion or club of which said student is or was a member. 

ARTICLE V. 

Any league, association or club desiring to join this associa- 
tion shall send to the secretary a written application for mem- 
bership, said application to l)e acted upon by the Executive 

committee. 

ARTICLE VI. 

The annual convention of this association shall be held on 
the evening of the day of the annual field meeting, at 8 o'clock, 
in the same city in which the annual field meeting is hold. The 
annual field meeting shall be held on the afternoon of the last 
Saturday in June in each year. 



4 CONSTITUTION. 

ARTICLE VII. 

A special meeting may be called by the Secretary at the 
written request of any league, association or club belonging to 
this association, provided that notice of such meeting be sent 
to every league, association or club at least fifteen days before 
the date assigned for such meeting. 

ARTICLE VIII. 

At all meetings each league, association or club may be rep- 
resented by no more than three delegates, each of whom may 
take part in all discussions, but in the decision of any matter, 
each league, association or club shall be entitled to only one 
vote. No voting by proxy shall be allowed. 

ARTICLE IX. 

Each league, association or club agrees to accept the rules 
of this association. 

ARTICLE X. 

The annual dues shall be $25, payable at the annual conven- 
tion, but no league, association or clu1i shall be considered a 
member until its first annual dues have been paid. 

ARTICLE XL 

Any violation of the rules of this association by members 
shall render them liable to suspension by the Executive Com- 
mittee until the next meeting of the association or to expulsion 
by a two-thirds vote of the leagues, associations 01 clubs repre- 
sented at such meeting. 

ARTICLE XII. 

No one shall represent any league, associati(Mi or club at the 
annual field meeting who has attained the age of 2T years. 

ARTICLE XIII. 

This constitution may be amended only by a two-thirds vot ; 
of the members present at a legally called meeting. 



BY-LAWS. 



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ARTICLE I. 
Section i. The officers of this association shall be a 
President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer, who shall 
hold office for a period of one year and who shall be elected by 
a majority of members present at the annual meeting. 

Sec. 2. No league, association or club shall hold more 
than one office during the same year, 

ARTICLE 11. 

DUTIES OF OFFICERS. 

Section i. The President shall preside at all meetings of 
the association and of the Executive Committee, appoint all 
sub-committees, audit all bills and order meetings of the 
Executive Committee or association wdienever, in his judgment, 
he may deem it necessary. 

Sec. 2. The Vice-President shall, during the absence of the 
President, perform all his duties, as specified in Section i. 

Sec. 3. The Secretary shall keep the minutes of each meet- 
ing of the association and of the Executive Committee and 
shall conduct tlie correspondence, and have charge of and be 
responsible for all l)ooks and papers, except those of the 
Treasurer, and shall, ex-officio, be a member of the incoming 
Executive Committee. 

Sec. 4. The Treasurer shall collect and have charge of all 
moneys belonging to the Association, shall pay all bills, when 
properly approved, and submit a report thereof to the associa- 
tion at the Tegular meeting or whenever called upon to do so. 

Sec. 5. fhe Treasurer's report shall be submitted to and 
audited by some responsible accountant before being submitted 
to and accepted by the association at its annual convention. 



ARTICLE III. 

Section i. The Executive Committee shall assume entire 
control of the annual games and shall decide all protests. 

Sec. 2. The annual meeting of the Executive Committee 
shall be held the evening before the annual field meeting. 

ARTICLE IV. 

Entries to the games shall close at least three weeks before 
the day assigned for the games. 

At least fifteen days before the annual games a printed list 
of all the entiies shall be sent by the Secretary to all the 
leagues, clubs or associations of the association. Protests 
must be sent to the Secretary as soon as this list is received, 
stating the grounds on which the protest is made. The Secre- 
tary shall at once notify the member protested and all members 
of the Executive Committee. 

Sec. 3. The winners and second men of each event in the 
annual field meeting of each league, association or club may 
compete at the annual field meeting of this association. 

ARTICLE V. 

championship events. 
The championship games shall include : 
Running 100 yards. 
Running 220 yards. 
Running one-quarter mile. 
Running one-half mile. 
Running one mile. 

Hurdle racing, 120 yards, 10 hurdles, 3 feet 6 inches. 
Hurdle racing, 220 yards, 10 hurdles, 2 feet 6 inches. 
Walking one mile. 
Running high jump. 
Running broad jump. 
Pole vaulting. 

Putting the shot, 12 pounds. 
Throwing the hammer, 12 pounds. 
Bicycle racing, one mile. 



ARTICLE VI. 
All bills shall be presented to the President, or in the event 
of his absence, to the Vice-President, and shall be audited by 
him. In case of approval he shall affix his signature and date 
of approval. After such approval the Treasurer shall be 
authorized to pay. 

A.RTICLE VII. 

ORDER OF BUSINESS. 

Roll call. 

Reading, correction and adoption of minutes. 

Unfinished business. 

Reports and communications. 

Election of officers. 

Adjournment. 

ARTICLE VIII. 

These by-laws may be altered, amended or suspended at any 
meeting of the association by a two-thirds vote of the leagues, 
clubs or associations present, provided two weeks' notice shall 
have been given to every league, association or club belonging 
to this association. 



CHAMPIONSHIP CUP. 



Rules to Govern the Awarding of the Cham- 
pionship Cup. 



RULE I. 



This cup shall be awarded to that league, club or association 
of the National Intkrscholastic Amateur Athi.ktic As- 
sociation OF THE Unitp:d States which shall be champion 
from one field meeting to the next. 

RULE IL 

Section i. That league, club or association shall be cham- 
pion which shall score a plurality of points. 

Sec. 2. Points shall be counted as follows : 

A first prize shall count five points. 

A second prize shall count two points. 

A third prize shall count one point. 

Sec. 3. In the case of two or more leagues, clubs or asso- 
ciations scoring an equal number of points, then if one of 
these leagues, clubs or associations shall have been champion 
for the previous year that league, club or association shall con- 
tinue to hold the championship and cup for the ensuing year. 

Sec. 4. But in case the champion of the previous year be 
not of those leagues, clubs or associations described under Sec- 
tion 3 of Rule IL, and that two or more leagues, clubs or asso- 
ciations shall score an equal number of points, then for the 
ensuing year the championship shall be held in abeyance 
and merely the names of the leagues, clubs or associations 
that make the tie, together with the date and place of perform- 
ance, shall be inscribed on the cup, and the cup shall be kept 
for the year by the association. 

RULE III. 

All disputes with regard to the possession of the cup shall 
be referred to the Executive Committee of this association. 



LAWS OF ATHLETICS. 



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RULE I. 

OFFICERS. 
The officers of an athletic meeting sliall lie : 
For track events : 
One referee. 

Three judges at the finish. 
Three time-keepers. 
One judge of walking. 
One starter. 

One clerk of the course, with assistants, if necessary. 
One scorer, with assistants, if necessary. 
Two measurers. 

RULE IT. 

PROTESTS. 
\\-rl)al protests may l)e made at or before any athletic meet- 
ing, against a competitor or team, by any competitor or league, 
club or association competing ; but such protest must l)e subse- 
quently and before action thereon, made in writing and duly 
presented to the association. 

RULE IIL 

INNER GROUNDS. 

No person whatever shall be allowed inside the track except 
the officials. Executive Committee and properly accredited 
representatives of the press. Authorized persons shall wear a 
badge. Competitors not eilgaged in the event actually taking 
place shall not be allowed inside or upon the track. 

RULE IV. 

STARTING. 

"When the starter rece-ives a signal from the judge at the 
finish that everything is in readiness he shall direct the com- 



lO LAWS OF ATHLETICS. 

petitors to get on their marks. Any competitor starting befoie 
the signal shall be put back a certain number of yards, accord- 
ing to the judgment of the starter. For the second offense 
double the first distance and for the third shall be disqualified. 
He shall be held to have started when any portion of his body 
touches the ground in front of his mark. Stations count from 

the inside. 

RULE V. 

KEEPING PROPER COURSE. 

In all races on a straight track each competitor shall keep 
his own position on the course from start to finish. In the lOO 
and 220-yard dashes courses for contestants should be marked 
out by stakes protruding from the ground and connected at the 
top by a cord or wire plainly marked. 
RULE VL 

CHANGE OF COURSE. 

In all races other than on a straight track a competitor may 
change toward the inside whenever he is two strides ahead of 
the man whose path he crosses. 

RULE VII. 

FOULING. 

Any competitor may be disqualified by the referee for jost- 
ling, running across, or in any way impeding another. 
RULE VIIL 

FINISH. 

A thread shall be stretched across the track at the finish, 
■'our feet above the ground. It shall not be held by the judges, 

but fast Jied to the finish posts on either side, so that it may 
always je at right angles to the course and parallel to the 

ground. The finish line is not this thread, but the line on the 
ground drawn across the track from post to post, and the thread 
is intended merely to assist the judges in their decision. The 
thread must, however, be "breasted" by each competitor fin- 
ishing first, and no competitor shall be allowed to seize the 
thread with his hands. The men shall be placed in the order 
in which they cross the finish line. 



LAWS OF ATHI.ETrCS. II 

RULE IX. 

WALK INC 

The judge shall caution for any unfair walking, and the third 
caution shall disqualify the offender. On the last one-eighth 
(220 yards) of a mile, an unfair talker shall be disqualified 
without i^revious caution. 

RULE X. 

HUKDI.KS. 

l20-vards hurdle race shall be over ten hurdles, each 3 feet 6 
inches high. The first hurdle shall be placed 15 yards from the 
scratch and there shall be 10 yards between each hurdle. 220- 
vards hurdle race shall be over ten hurdles, each 2 feet 6 inches 
liigh. The first hurdle shall be placed 20 yards from the 
scratch, and there shall be 20 yards between each hurdle. 
Hurdle races of different number and height of hurdles may be 
given. No record shall be made in a hurdle race unless each 
of the hurdles, at the time the competitor jumps the same, is 

standing. 

RULE XL 

ji'Mi'iNc;. 

No weights or artificial aid will be alhnvcd in any jumping 

contest except by special agreement or announcement. When 

weights are allowed, there shall be no restrictions as to size, 

shape or material. 

RULE XII. 

RUNNINC, HIGH JIMP AMJ I'o l.K- VAULT. 

The height of the bar at starting and at each successive ele- 
vation shall be determined by the measurers. Three tries 
allowed at each height. Each competitor shall make one 
attempt in the order of his name on the programme ; then those 
who have failed (if any) shall have a second trial in regular 
order, and those failing on this trial shall take their final trial. 
Displacing the bar counts as a "try." A line shall be drawn 
six feet in front of the pole and parallel therewith in pole- 
vaulting, and three feet in front of tl;c bar and i)arallel there- 
with in high jumping, and stepping over such line, to be known 
a;; the balk line, in an attempt, shall count as a balk. Three 



12 LAWS OF ATHLETICS. 

balks count as a "try." A competitor may omit his trials 
at any height, but if he fail at the next height he shall not be 
allowed to go back and try the height he omitted. Each com- 
petitor shall be credited with the best of all his jumps or vaults. 

RULE XIII. 

RUNNING BROAD JUMP. 

The competitors shall have unlimited run, but must take off 
from or behind the scratch. The scratch line shall be a joist 
five inches wide, the ground in front of which shall be removed 
to the depth of three and the width of six inches. Stepping 
over the scratch in an attempt shall be no jump, but shall count 
as a " try." Each competitor shall be allowed three trials, and 
the best three men shall have three more trials each. Each 
competitor shall be credited with the best of all his jumps. 
The measurement shall be from the outer edge of the joist to 
the nearest break of the ground made by any part of his person. 
A line shall be drawn six feet in front of the scratch line, and 
stepping over such line in an attempt shall count as a balk ; 
three balks count as a " try." 

RULE XIV. 

PUTTING THE SHOT. 

The shot shall be a metal sphere weighing twelve pounds. 
It shall be put from the shoulder with one hand and during the 
attempt it shall not pass behind nor below the shoulder. It 
shall be put from a circle seven feet in diameter, two feet of 
whose circumference shall be a toe board four inches in height. 
Foul puts, which shall not be measured, but which shall count 
as puts, are as follows : 

1. Letting go of the shot in an attempt. 

2. Touching the ground outside the circle with any portion 
of the body while the shot is in hand. 

3. Touching the ground forward of the front half of the 
circle with any portion of the body before the put is measured. 

Each competitor shall be allowed three puts and the best 
three men in the first trial shall be allowed three more puts. 
Each competitor shall be credited with the best of all his puts. 



LAWS OF ATHLETICS. 1 3 

The measurement of the put shall be from the nearest edge of 
the first mark made by the shot to the point of the circumfer- 
ence of the circle nearest such mark. 

RULE XV. 

THROWING THE HAMMER. 

The hammer head shall be a metal sphere. The handle may 
be of any material and the combined length of the head and 
handle shall not be more than four feel, and the combined 
weight shall not be more than twelve pounds. 

The hammer shall be thrown from a circle seven feet in 
diameter. In making an attempt a competitor may assume any 
position he pleases. Foul throws, which shall not be measured, 
but which shall count as throws, are as follows : 

1. Letting go of the hammer in an attempt. 

2. Touching the ground outside the circle with any portion 
of the body while the hammer is in hand. 

3. Touching the ground forward of the front half of the 
circle with any portion of the body before the throw is 
measured. 

Each competitor shall be allowed three throws, and the best 
three men in the first trial shall be allowed three more throws. 
Each competitor shall be credited with the best of all his 
throws. The measurement of the throw shall be from the 
nearest edge of the first mark made by the head of the hammer 
to the point of the circumference of the circle nearest such 
mark. 

RULE XVL 

BICYCLING. 

1. The bicycle race shall be restricted to those wheels 
known as safety bicycles. 

2. The officers for all bicycle races shall be : a referee, three 
judges at the finish, three time-keepers, one starter, one clerk 
of the course, one scorer and umpires. 

3. The referee shall have general supervision of the race. 
He shall give judgments on protests received by him ; shall 
decide all questions or objections respecting foul riding, start- 



14 LAWS OF ATHLETICS. 

ing from the wrong mark, or such like offences, of which he 
may be personally cognizant, or which may be brought to his 
attention by an umpire or by other officers. He shall act as 
he may think for the best in cases of misconduct by attendants, 
and shall disqualify any competitor who may become liable to 
disqualification. He shall decide all questions whose settle- 
ment is not otherwise provided for in these rules. His decision 
in all cases shall be final. 

4. The judges shall decide tire position of the men at the 
finish. Two shall stand at one end of the tape and the third 
at the other. One shall take the winner, another the second 
man and the other the third man ; they shall also note the dis- 
tance between the first three as they finish. In case of disa- 
greement the majority shall decide. Their decision as to the 
order in which the men finish shall be final, and without appeal. 

5. It shall be the duty of the starter when it has been re- 
ported to him by a clerk of the course that all competitors are 
ready, to see that the time-keepers are warned and before 
starting the men to say "Mount"; in a few seconds after to 
say " Are you ready ? " and if no reply to the contrary be given, 
to effect the start by report of pistol. Should the pistol miss 
fire, the start may be made at the word "Co." The starter 
may, at his discretion, put back to a distance not exceeding 10 
yards, any competitor starting before tlie signal is given. In 
case of a false start, the competitors shall be called back by the 
starter and re-started. Any competitor refusing to obey shall 
at once be disqualified. The starter shall announce to the 
competitors the distance which they are to ride, and shall indi- 
cate the commencement of the last lap. In case of a fall 
within 30 feet of the scratch line at the start, the contestants 
shall be recalled and the race started over again. Time handi- 
caps shall be started by the word " Go." 

6. It shall be the duty of the umpire to stand at such parts of 
the field as the referee may direct, to watch closely the riding, 
and immediately after each race to report to the referee any 
competitor or competitors whose riding he may consider unfair, 
to the end that the referee, before making any decision, may 



LAWS OF ATHLETICS. ^ I5 

be credibly informed by an official as to the facts. There shall 
be as many umpires as the size of the track requires. 

7. Choice or change of machine, and choice of costume, are 
not limited, except that shirt and breeches must not bare 
shoulder or knee. In races distinctly stated on the programme 
of events to be for a particular class of machines, this rule shall 
not apply as far as choice or change of machine is concerned. 

8. In heat races the winner of the first heat shall take the pole 
in the next succeeding heat. When races are run in heats and a 
final the winner of the fastest heat shall take the pole in the final. 

9. All starts shall be made from a standstill, with the left 
hand to the curb, and the machines are to be held in position 
by an attendant (the front wheel touching the starting line) 
until the signal is given by the starter. Attendants, when 
pushing off competitors, must have and keep both feet on the 
ground behind the mark from which the competitor actually 
starts. Should the attendant overstep that mark with either 
foot, while touching the bicycle, the competitor may be dis- 
qualified. Any competitor shall be at lil^erty, with the con- 
sent of the referee, to start from a mark behind the one allotted 
to him in the race, but in such case, as in all others, the point 
of contact of the first part of the machine with the ground 
shall be considered the starting mark, which the attendant 
shall not overstep. 

10. No one shall be allowed to coach competitors. 

11. The finish of all races shall be judged by the first part of 
the front wheel which touches the tape fastened flat on the 
ground at the winning post. 

12. Riders must pass on the outside (unless the men passed 
be dismounted), and must be at least a clear length of the bicy- 
cle in front before taking the inside. The inside man must 
allow room for his competitor to pass on the outside. A com- 
petitor overtaking another may pass between him and the pole 
if there be ample room, but he does so at his own risk ; and 
should a foul be claimed the referee must decide if the rider 
was justified in his course. Riders are cautioned that they 
must not pass inside, except as a last resort. 



l6 ^ LAWS OF ATHLETICS. 

13. Any competitor guilty of foul riding will be disqualified 
and debarred from any place or prize. 

14. Competitors may dismount during a race at their pleas- 
ure and run with their bicycles, if they wish to, but they must 
keep to the extreme outside of the path whenever dismounted. 
If the rider is dismounted by accident or is obliged to change 
his machine, he shall not be allowed a push-off in starting again, 
but an attendant may hold his machine while he mounts it, and 
he must so mount at the extreme outside of the path. Should 
a competitor receive a push-off from his attendant (except at 
the start of a race), he shall dismount and mount over or he 
shall be disqualified. A competitor may. remount at any part 
of the race. 

15. If a competitor in a race for any distance not exceeding 
three miles shall fall behind a quarter of a mile, or if he shall 
fall behind half a mile in a race of any greater length, he shall 
be adjudged distanced by the referee, and shall be called from 
the track. Pacing, if attempted, shall disqualify both the 
competitor and the pacemaker. 

16. All bicycle events and race meets of this association, or 
of clubs affiliated therewith, shall be held under L. A. W. sanc- 
tion. In open harndicap races held by clubs of this association, 
such clubs shall employ the official handicapper of the L. A. 
W., and special races not herein provided for shall be gov- 
erned by L. A. W. rules. 

17. Ignorance of any of the foregoing rules will not be con- 
siclered a valid excuse for violation. 

RULE XVII. 

All cases of dispute and any question that may arise not pro- 
vided for in these laws, and in the interpretation of these lav,'s, 
shall be referred tOvthe Executive Committee of the association. 

RULE XVIII. 

A national interscholastic record is any record made at the 
annual meeting of the N. I. S. A. A. A. 



LAWS OF ATHLETICS. 1 7 

An interscholastic record is one made by a student in any- 
annual field meeting of any leagues, clubs or associations of 
this association. 

The N. I. S. A. A. A. shall keep a list of all N. I. S. A. 
A. A. records and another of all records of the leagues, clubs 
or associations of this association. 

RULE XIX. 

This association shall from time to time give its approval to 
all records made in standard games of the leagues, clubs or asso- 
ciations of this association. 

No record in running, walking or bicycle riding shall be 
given unless the same shall be timed by at least three official 
time-keepers, or by assistant time-keepers appointed by the 
referee. 

No record shall be given in the high, standing or broad 
jump, pole-vaulting, putting the shot or throwing the hammer, 
unless the same shall be measured by at least two official 
measurers. 

Said timers and measurers shall be regularly approved of by 
the league, association or club giving games, or by the referee. 



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